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Akash Kumar v. The State of Bihar

Patna HC4 Mar 2024CR. MISC./11721/2024

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Petitioner sought anticipatory bail in an excise case alleging recovery of 5.4 litres of liquor from behind a grocery shop. The court noted he was not arrested from the spot and the informant's source was undisclosed, and allowed the prayer with conditions.

What did the court decide?

Anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000 with two sureties of like amount, subject to Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. conditions.

Akash Kumar Vs The State of Bihar — Narcotics (NDPS) | Patna HC (2024)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.11721 of 2024

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Arising Out of PS. Case No.-591 Year-2023 Thana- BHORE District- Gopalganj

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Akash Kumar Son of Arun Prasad Resident of village Pandey Tola PS Bhorey District Gopalganj

... ... Petitioner/s

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The State of Bihar

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Dharmveer Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Gauri Shankar Gupta, A.P.P. ======================================================

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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER

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2 04-03-2024

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Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and

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learned A.P.P. for the State.

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The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

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Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of two cases.

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Allegation is of recovery of 5.4 litres of liquor from

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a place behind the grocery shop of Gopal Gupta.

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Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and even the alleged recovery is from a place which is accessible to public at large and does not belong to the petitioner and he came to be implicated at the instance of the local people but then the name

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.11721 of 2024(2) dt.04-03-2024 2/2

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of the person who disclosed the name of the petitioner is not disclosed in the FIR which casts an aspersion on the case of the prosecution.

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Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

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Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/(Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Bhore P.S. Case No. 591 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

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(Satyavrat Verma, J)

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Kundan/-

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Akash Kumar v. The State of Bihar

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